Peggy Ashcroft (Madame Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevsky, a landowner), John Gielgud (Leonid Andreyevich Gaev, Lyubov's brother), Dorothy Tutin (Varya, Lyubov's adopted daughter), Judi Dench (Anya, Lyubov's Daughter), George Murcell (Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin, a merchant), Patsy Byrne (Dunyasha, the maid), Patrick Wymark (Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov, a clerk), Roy Dotrice (Firs, a manservant), Paul Hardwick (Simyon Pishchik, a landowner), Patience Collier (Charlotta Ivanovna, a governess), David Buck (Yasha, a manservant), Ian Holm (Piotr Sergeyevich Trofimov, a Student), Gordon Gostelow (Passer-by), Russell Hunter (Coachman), Peter Holmes (Coachman)